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Posted by Bruce on April 18, 19100 at 06:28:43:
In Reply to: Re: Some questions concerning posted by Ann on April 17, 19100 at 13:05:22:
2. ...Who'd stoop to blame
This sort of trifling ? Even had you skill
In speech--which I have not--to make your will
Quite clear to such and one , and say , "Just this
Or that in you disgusts me;here you miss,
Or there exceed the mark"--and if she let
Herself be lessoned so , nor plainly set
Her wits to yours , forsooth, and made excuse ,
--E'en then would be some stooping; and I choose
Never to stoop
Actually, this section can be read on several levels. It would be "stooping" for the Duke to "blame this sort of trifling" because, as he is admitting in a round-about way now, it is HIS character flaw that allowed his last Duchess to annoy him by having "a heart too easily made glad."
He is admitting his own failings here, but once again he refuses to admit they ARE failings, because to do so would involve stooping.